ICIS - energy podcasts

Gas-fired electricity generation in the UK is looking increasingly more profitable than using coal. In Germany, coal-fuelled power still comes out on top financially most of the time but the gap between the two fuels is narrowing. Deputy news editor Miriam Siers discusses with ICIS energy specialists Ben Lee and Doug Grant.

Last week's energy market highlights included spikes in continental European power spot prices and discussions around the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Reporter Ben Lee talks to gas expert Tom Marzec-Manser and electricity reporter Joachim Moxon in the latest weekly podcast.

Turkish electricity prices have been low in 2016 so far, but tension remains over potential gas supply disruption. Aura Sabadus and Kirsty Ayakwah, ICIS specialists watching Turkish energy markets, discuss.

The first LNG cargo from Sabine Pass in the US that was scheduled for January has been delayed until February or March, according to US producer Cheniere. With gas fundamentals relatively weak, the impact of the news on the market is limited. ICIS LNG and gas specialists Ed Cox and Tom Marzec-Manser discuss the events and the market reaction with Miriam Siers.

New LNG volumes will be coming to the LNG market from the US and Australia in 2016. Global LNG editor Edward Cox and deputy editor Josie Shillito look at how these new volumes will shape the global LNG outlook for the 12 months ahead.

Wholesale gas prices at key European markets began the year going up. However, the fundamental outlook for 2016 on both gas and power markets remains weak. ICIS power specialist Jamie Stewart discusses the year ahead with gas colleague Ben Samuel.

Emissions allowance prices on both sides of the Atlantic have been rising in 2015. ICIS carbon journalists Ben Lee and Dan McGraw discuss why this happened and what drivers to expect going forward.

The long-overdue launch of Spanish gas exchange MIBGAS, and the creation of multiple ‘NEMOs’ responsible for electricity market coupling, are the subjects of this week’s ICIS energy podcast featuring news editor Fionn O’ Raghallaigh and reporters Joachim Moxon and Rob Songer.

Nations arrived at a landmark global climate deal in Paris in mid-December. ICIS journalist Ben Lee talks to Yann Andreassen from ICIS analysts Tschach Solutions about what the Paris agreement means for carbon markets.

After a period of support in the wholesale energy market, prices have reverted to the downward trend that has come to dominate 2015. Managing editor Isabel Save talks to reporters Thomas Rodgers and Laura Raus about why the bears have returned and how prices could look in 2016.